How To Install open-invaders on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-invaders on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is open-invaders
open-invaders is:
Space Invaders is one of the earliest arcade shoot ’em up games. The player can move horizontally across the bottom of the screen and must shoot at an incoming wave of aliens before they reach the bottom.
Open Invaders is a clone of the legendary 70’s classic, but with completely new graphics, several bonus levels, etc.
There are three methods to install open-invaders on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install open-invaders Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install open-invaders using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install open-invaders
Install open-invaders Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install open-invaders using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install open-invaders
Install open-invaders Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install open-invaders using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install open-invaders
How To Uninstall open-invaders on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the open-invaders package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove open-invaders
Uninstall open-invaders And Its Dependencies
To uninstall open-invaders and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove open-invaders
Remove open-invaders Configurations and Data
To remove open-invaders configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge open-invaders
Remove open-invaders configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove open-invaders configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-invaders
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-invaders package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
